Workers Party's 9th congress in Rajshahi on April 24

Workers Party of Bangladesh will hold its 9th national congress from April 24 to 27 in Rajshahi to elect new central leadership.
Party's President Rashed Khan Menon and General Secretary Anisur Rahman Mollik revealed it at a press conference at Shaheed Asad Auditorium in the capital yesterday.  
Menon, also civil aviation and tourism minister, said the congress would be held with a vow to establishing a non-communal democratic Bangladesh.
Replying to a query, Menon said BNP was in power for two terms, but did not take any step to ensure an equal share of Teesta water with India.
The party is now trying to get narrow political interests by organising long march, he said.   
His party also wants an equal share of water of the Teesta and other common rivers, he said, adding that the issue would be raised at the party congress.
Mollik said delegates from communist parties of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Vietnam, Turkey and North Korea were expected to attend the congress on Rajshahi Medical College premises.
Leaders of Awami League-led alliance, and Communist Party of Bangladesh, among others, will also attend, he said.
Party's politburo member Bimal Biswas, who was also present at the press conference, told The Daily Star that the party might bank on the young leadership this time.
At the congress, delegates from districts will elect central committee leaders through secret ballots, and the central committee will elect president, general secretary and the politburo members, Bimal said.